The Latest Breaking News from Hunter

After the 2019 Federal poll, the electorate of Hunter, once considered a safe Labor seat, tumbled towards marginal territory, largely because of a word that still rules in the region and at the local ballot box - coal.

THE push for a Newcastle International Airport goes back as far as the 1980s, when the business chamber of the day formed a committee to promote the idea. Then, in the late 1990s, Liberal Paterson MP Bob Baldwin pushed a plan by construction company Abigroup and Maitland businessman Hilton Grugeon…

Commuters will face delays and cancellations amid a 24-hour bus service strike across Newcastle and the Hunter.

Australia's transition to a clean energy future will be a key federal election issue as the corporate owners of the nation’s biggest coal-fired power stations walk away from fossil fuels. Businesses in the Hunter want politicians to back future industries.

For a second successive day, the region recorded no COVID-19 deaths

"Victim blaming happens all too often."

"I figured it was time to reinvent myself," says career coal miner Simon Davis.

The Hunter Valley has 'real potential' to reinvent itself, but the region lacks a plan.

The 12-bed centre will be built on Dudley Road at Charlestown, and will provide specialist support to people aged 16 and over with severe eating disorders.